Please Note: I am a MakeUseOf.com author aswell as blogging full time for WillINeedIt, this article reflects my MakeUseOf connections.
With the explosion of internet traffic, blogging and social services, many internet users/developers have adopted a more charitable view to payment for their services. Instead of asking for money or recompense, friends have simply said; “Buy Me A Beer” or “Buy Me A Coffee”.
Foamee is a Twitter service allowing you to to track who you owe or are owed a drink from. By following @ioubeer or @ioucoffee on your Twitter account, a simple tag to the Foamee service when thanking a friend for their help, will instigate a listing on “The Pub” wall.
For example, I have decided to shout @MakeUseOf to a beer (that would be one hell of a round of drinks!). To do this, I simply entered:
@ioubeer @MakeUseOf for being the best Tech website in the land.
This in turn, lands MakeUseOf and I on the Pub Wall:
After making your first IOU to Foamee, you will be assigned a profile page that will track drinks you owe and drinks that are owed to you:
So, you have decided to buy someone a drink and it has been listed on the Foamee website. Shortly after that, you buy said person a drink, but your profile still shows your status of owing someone a beer. How do you redeem this beer?
Well, it’s again, very easy. Either party can redeem the drink by entering the following text:
d ioubeer redeem 12345678
Where the number “12345678″ is the ID number of the drink you wish to buy someone (shown below):
Foamee is a gimmicky and fun site that allows you to use your Twitter account for something other than a communication tool. Have you shouted someone a beer or a coffee or do you know of similar services? If so, leave a comment below.
